Chicago Blackhawks Blog

Chicago Blackhawks Season Preview: April
Posted 1 day ago
The final month of the NHL season comes in April and the Blackhawks won’t even play a full month's worth of games. Their final regular season game of the month comes on the 10th. Hopefully by then, they will be in a positi...

'Till Death Do Us Part: The Lifetime Contract In The NHL
Posted 1 day ago
In light of the ongoing soap opera between the NHL and the New Jersey Devils over the contract status of star forward Ilya Kovalchuk, lets examine the entity that is the lifetime contract. 

Kovalchuk/CBA Decision Looming
Posted 1 day ago
Quick thoughts on the likely changes to the CBA.

Blackhawks report: Inside shots
Posted 1 day ago
Training camp is right around the corner for all NHL teams. For the Blackhawks, that means their defense of their first Stanley Cup in 49 years will officially begin.

Blackhawks report: Roster
Posted 1 day ago

Blackhawks report: Notes, quotes
Posted 1 day ago
--G Antti Niemi, the Blackhawks' goalie on their run to the Stanley Cup, was signed by the San Jose Sharks for the relatively inexpensive price of $2 million for one year

Ex-Hawks goalie Niemi signs with Sharks
Posted 2 days ago

SBN Mock Expansion Draft - Who Do the Hawks Protect?
Posted 2 days ago
SBN Mock Expansion Draft - Who Do the Hawks Protect?

Top 25 All-Time Chicago Blackhawks
Posted 2 days ago
Last year, I looked back into the history of the Chicago Blackhawks, an Original Six franchise, and ranked the top players in the organization's great history.

NHL OKs Kovalchuk's new deal with Devils (AP)
Posted 47 minutes ago
The New Jersey Devils say they acted in good faith during their contract negotiations with Ilya Kovalchuk. The NHL signed off on Kovalchuk's latest contract with the Devils on Friday, approving a revised 15-year, $100 mill...

Sharks sign Stanley Cup-winning G Niemi (AP)
Posted 1 day ago
The San Jose Sharks signed the goalie who helped knock them out of the playoffs, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million deal with Antti Niemi on Thursday. Niemi joins fellow Finnish netminder Antero Niittymaki in San Jose as t...

Canadiens re-sign G Price to 2-year deal (AP)
Posted 1 day ago
The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed restricted free-agent goalie Carey Price to a two-year contract. The 22-year-old goaltender signed the new contract on Thursday, ending two months of negotiations with the Canadiens. P...

Penguins add F Comrie for $500K, 1 year (AP)
Posted 22 hours ago
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Mike Comrie to a $500,000, one-year contract, giving them a proven scorer who might be capable of playing on one of their top three lines. The Penguins, looking for affordable sc...

Avalanche ink F Stewart to 2-year deal (AP)
Posted 1 day ago
The Colorado Avalanche remain committed to their youth movement, signing forward Chris Stewart to a two-year deal. The 22-year-old Stewart led the team with 28 goals last season and finished with 64 points. The deal's term...

Pens F Staal hampered by foot infection (AP)
Posted 1 day ago
Penguins forward Jordan Staal is expected to miss the start of training camp as he recovers from an infection to his right foot, which was severely injured during the NHL playoffs. Staal's offseason preparation has been ha...

Preds owners buy Del Biaggio's stake (AP)
Posted 1 day ago
The Nashville Predators owners have completed a purchase of the 26 percent stake in the team held by the bankrupt estate of a California financier jailed for fraud. Preadators Holdings LLC chairman Tom Cigarran announced T...

Ex-coach Demers facing third operation (AP)
Posted 2 days ago
Jacques Demers, the former NHL coach turned Canadian senator, said he will have a third operation after nearly dying during a botched hernia procedure. The 66-year-old Demers made his first public appearance since the init...

D Chelios, 48, retires after 26 seasons (AP)
Posted 3 days ago
Chris Chelios, the longest-tenured defenseman in NHL history, is finally hanging up his skates. After 26 NHL seasons and three Stanley Cups, Chelios announced his retirement Tuesday at the age of 48. "I guess I've been dre...